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Title: Limits of noise and confusion in the MWA GLEAM year 1 survey
Authors: Franzen, Thomas M.O.
Jackson, C.A
Dwarakanath, K.S.
Offringa, A.R.
+20 Co-authors
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: SISSA, The International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste,
Citation: Proceedings of Science from The many facets of extragalactic radio surveys: towards new scientific challenges (EXTRA-RAD SUR2015). 20-23 October 2015, held at Bologna, Italy, Page - 53
Abstract: The GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA survey (GLEAM) is a new relatively low resolution, contiguous 72–231 MHz survey of the entire sky south of declination +25◦. In this paper, we outline one approach to determine the relative contribution of system noise, classical confusion and sidelobe confusion in GLEAM images. An understanding of the noise and confusion properties of GLEAM is essential if we are to fully exploit GLEAM data and improve the design of future low-frequency surveys. Our early results indicate that sidelobe confusion dominates over the entire frequency range, implying that enhancements in data processing have the potential to further reduce the noise
Description: Open Access
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/6493
ISSN: 1824-8039.
Alternative Location: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015mfer.confE..53F
http://arxiv.org/abs/1604.04447
Copyright: 2015 The authors & the Royal Astronomical Society
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